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Arizona Legislature Passes Bill to Require Party Loyalty
Arizona Legislature Passes Bill to Require Party Loyalty
The Arizona State Legislature passed HB 2302 by a vote of 34-24 in February. The bill adds two statutes to the Arizona constitution making it illegal for presidential electors to vote against the ...
01 Mar, 2017
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No More Netflix and Chill? Streaming Giant the Latest Target in Partisan Twitter War
No More Netflix and Chill? Streaming Giant the Latest Target in Partisan Twitter War
Netflix is set to release a controversial and critically acclaimed video series on April 28. A trailer for the series, “Dear White People," released last week and has fueled outrage on the left a ...
15 Feb, 2017
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Yes, Journalists Are Out of Touch and That Needs to Change
Yes, Journalists Are Out of Touch and That Needs to Change
Benjamin Disraeli, one of Britain’s greatest prime minsters, once referred to his climb to the top of parliamentary power in England as the “long greasy pole.”What Mr. Disraeli achieved then, Maureen ...
14 Feb, 2017
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Federal Judge Issues Blistering Ruling Against the FEC
Federal Judge Issues Blistering Ruling Against the FEC
Rules That Block Independent Candidates From Final Presidential Debates Now in Jeopardy; 2020 Election Could Open UpIn blunt and highly critical language, a federal judge on Wednesday blasted the Fede ...
03 Feb, 2017
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Lucy Killea: A Political Icon Who Transcended Partisan Politics
Lucy Killea: A Political Icon Who Transcended Partisan Politics
As a young guy it didn’t take me long to figure out how smart Lucy Killea was. She was an extraordinary intellect and a great politician. She was clever and capable of not getting stuck in the ruts th ...
20 Jan, 2017
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Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
Ranked Choice Voting: An Easy Solution to Fix Our Broken Elections
This piece, written by Rob Richie, originally appeared in Cato Unbound as the lead essay in a series on ranked choice voting in December of 2016.American democracy today is working more poorly than it ...
04 Jan, 2017
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The States Likely to Gain and Lose House Seats in 2020
The States Likely to Gain and Lose House Seats in 2020
Recently, Real Clear Politics extrapolated demographic trends to project which states are likely to gain or lose U.S. House seats in the reapportionment that will occur after the 2020 Census ...
03 Jan, 2017
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The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
Despite the GOP's initial distaste towards now President Elect Trump (see: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney), party members seem to have come around to the idea of a Trump presidency and a ...
31 Dec, 2016
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Faithless Electors Test Power of Parties
Faithless Electors Test Power of Parties
On Monday, December 19, electors from across the country gathered to cast the official votes for president. Of the 538 votes that were tallied, seven came from faithless electors – electors who chose ...
23 Dec, 2016
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Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, the Democratic Party and its allies have had a renewed appreciation for the “one person, one vote” principle established in the landmark 1964 Sup ...
19 Dec, 2016
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